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A ranger spots a forest fire while on a 60-meter observation tower. The angle of depression from the tower to the fire is 25°. To the nearest meter, how far is the fire from the base of the tower?

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27.98ft

You can get this by using the tangent formula. The answer exactly expressed is 60tan25.
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